Making Wood Door Panels

The benefit of these doors is that they are cheap stable and easy to paint.

Making wood door panels.

I built this diy hollow core door with a mainframe and then i put narrow pieces. The rail length b equals the door width minus two times the stile width c plus 3 4 for the two 3 8 tenons. To size an inset door for a specific opening first subtract 1 8 from the size of the opening to allow a 1 16 reveal around the door. Items you will need 2 pieces of 48 by 48 by 1 8 inch hardboard old door panel kraft paper if needed masking tape if needed utility knife 8 clamps drill drill bit jigsaw spray adhesive headliner foam fabric stapler.

Crosscut them to length leaving them somewhat oversized. Https youtu be 4q8uvmyp0jo i have seven of these to make f. The door frame is built using loose tenons or dominoes with a panel that floats in a groove in the frame. You will trim them flush in.

The length of the stiles a equals the door height. I worked on this project for some days i show you how i did all the process. Cut 1 by 4 inches 2 5 cm 10 2 cm boards to the height of your door. If you are planning to stain your door choose lumber and plywood with a similar grain pattern.

Cut out 2 pieces of wood for each side of your door and lay them on the floor. Clamps clamps and more clamps interior doors are usually 1 3 8 thick. I build mine by laminating two pieces of 3 4 thick stock. Video of the day volume 0.

Rip the rails and stiles to width per the cut list. How to make the parts of a cabinet door mill the stock to 3 4 thickness for the stiles and rails and to 5 8 thickness for the panel. Take your 1 by 4 inches 2 5 cm 10 2 cm strips of wood and use a circular saw or handsaw to cut them to the height of your door. Most interior doors today are made from a material called masonite which is a kind of wood fiberboard that is steam cooked and pressure molded onto a thin wood frame to create a slab door that has an appearance of a door with rails stiles and panels.

Then figure the part sizes as follows.